Toward guidance of epicardial cardiac radiofrequency ablation therapy using optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fleming, Christine P ^a   Quan, Kara J ^b   Rollins, Andrew M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Ohio Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cardiac imaging; Catheter; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER-BASED IMAGING; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CORONARY VESSEL; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; ENERGY DELIVERY; EPICARDIAL SURFACES; FORWARD-IMAGING; HEART SURFACE; IMAGE FEATURES; LESION FORMATION; OCT IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROBE CONTACT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OCT; TISSUE CONTACT; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ABLATION; CATHETERS; HEART; PROBES; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CYTOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PERICARDIUM; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77954592253     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3449569     Document Type: Article

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